early enough so folks could see the inner workings behind back room door strategy sessions. well, it s playing into that stereotype. angry black man. i know some blacks that are angry that he s not more angry. how about that and happy birthday, rev. thank you. james peterson, ana marie cox, thank you for your time tonight. yep. and happy birthday. thank you. still ahead, it all comes down to this. 19 primary debates for romney but none on the biggest stage in politics. president obama s been here before. so what will happen tonight? we ll talk about it on this special edition of politicsnation as we gear up to nbc s primetime coverage of the first presidential debate of 2012. stay with us.
money in utah. didn t lindsey graham raise that point. unless there s a new message, it doesn t happen. just by posing for pictures, eating burgers, tamron, that wouldn t wash away the image of what governor romney said and the sort of callous way he said it. again, they ve got a lot of work to do and what i would think if i was advising the romney campaign. go for it. spell out what you do. some people will get ticked off, but maybe some people say, wow, that guy really has a plan. maybe it can work. let s try it, because it s a plan. i think i heard you say yesterday during our primetime coverage you have nothing to lose. put it all against the wall if he s got it. absolutely. but right now it s in shambles. look at tim kaine in virginia. eight points up after being deadlocked or down. it s cutting the other way. thank you so much. always a pleasure talking with you. thank you. did the romney camp overplay its
pointed out in first read, president obama has supported a progressive taxation system for the well-off. it s not all that surprising. one was at a public event and one where they never thought the tape would come out. a jobs bill aimed at helping veterans find work was blocked. the legislation would you have provided over 1 dp$1 billion. democrats fell two votes short of the 60-vote majority needed to get the bill through. the latest monthly jobs report shows an 11% unemployment rate for veterans. more than 720,000 former service members out of work. joining me now is former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy who was the first iraq war vet it to serve in congress. i saw you last night in the primetime coverage. you re sickened by what
makes its decision upon remand, w will uphold democracy and make it fair to all and strike down the voter i.d. law, because there s no good reason. at the heart of the breaking news, we need the lower court to look at whether, in fact, voters can be impacted. it was an important point. tefs yesterday during our primetime coverage. a reporter talked about the process some people are going through in pennsylvania. we take elderly people and others up to four hours to get the i.d. that would be needed for them to go. they re forced to take off from work and may not have the transportation and in many cases are elderly people now who have to stand in this process, take a number. i think chris matthews equated it to the butcher s shop and wait through this process they never had to endure before. absolutely. this is, again, for no good reason. there are zero instances of voter fraud and there are about
is that poor barack obama, oh obama inherited a mess. oh, obama, all the troubles he s had. this man has been in office for three and a half years. i m tired of listening to the whining from the left and saying poor obama as opposed to he s had a stimulus bill, he s had a jobs bill. they haven t set the country back on course. so let s put the blame where it needs to be at the president s feet for his failed policies opposed to looking back and blaming george bush. most people don t agree with that, but let s look at this. democrats and republicans had limited primetime coverage on broadcast networks. on the final night of both conventions just as the numbers began their coverage, here s what the parties presented. at 10:02 last night, vice president joe biden was in a full lather. he often is. let s listen in. america is not in decline. i ve got news for governor romney and congressman ryan. gentlemen, never ever it